Kural 1288 · இளித்தக்க இன்னா செயினும் களித்தார்க்குக்
Even if it brings shame and pain, as toddy is sweet to those who delight in it, so is your chest to me, O thief.
பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு / Patinenkilkanakku
The Eighteen Lesser Texts, including the Thirukkural.
Kural 1289 · மலரினும் மெல்லிது காமம் சிலர்அதன்
Love is more tender than a flower; only a few understand its moment of bloom and act accordingly.
Kural 1290 · கண்ணின் துனித்தே கலங்கினாள் புல்லுதல்
She showed displeasure with her eyes and was disturbed; but in embracing she herself hastened with more eagerness than I.
Kural 1291 · அவர்நெஞ்சு அவர்க்காதல் கண்டும் எவன்நெஞ்சே
Seeing that his heart acts wholly as he wishes, why, O my heart, are you not mine and do not act as I wish?
Kural 1292 · உறாஅ தவர்க்கண்ட கண்ணும் அவரைச்
Though you have seen his indifference to me, my heart, you go to him thinking that he will not be angry.
Kural 1293 · கெட்டார்க்கு நட்டார்இல் என்பதோ நெஞ்சேநீ
O heart, is it because the ruined have no friends that you go as you please after him?
Kural 1294 · இனிஅன்ன நின்னொடு சூழ்வார்யார் நெஞ்சே
O heart, you do not sulk first but go straight to union; hereafter who will take counsel with you in such matters?
Kural 1295 · பெறாஅமை அஞ்சும் பெறின்பிரிவு அஞ்சும்
It fears not to get him; if it gets him, it fears parting; thus my heart has unending suffering.
Kural 1296 · தனியே இருந்து நினைத்தக்கால் என்னைத்
When I sit alone and think of him, my heart seems to exist only to devour me.
Kural 1297 · நாணும் மறந்தேன் அவர்மறக் கல்லாஎன்
Having fallen under the sway of my unworthy and foolish heart that cannot learn to forget him, I have forgotten even modesty.